Posted in Advertising, Auction Finds A Gallery of Vintage Gas Pump Globes Chris Holmes posted on May 8, 2014April 30, 2014 1 Comment From the bygone days of gas stations comes this gallery of vintage gas pump globes. See beautiful designs from brands familiar and Read More
Posted in Auction Finds, Photography Four Beautiful Kodachrome Photos of New York City Storefronts Chris Holmes posted on July 1, 2013July 17, 2013 Comments Off on Four Beautiful Kodachrome Photos of New York City Storefronts Four beautiful, vintage Kodachrome photographs from the late '40s and early '50s, each picturing a different New York City Read More
Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 33: Papier-mâché Cow in Australia, 1944 Chris Holmes posted on June 5, 2013June 2, 2013 Comments Off on Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 33: Papier-mâché Cow in Australia, 1944 Here's one of the odder photos I've seen from the World War II era - a woman tying a papier-mache cow to her car in the Australian home Read More
Posted in Music Here’s a Neat Photo of The Who, Circa Mid-’60s Chris Holmes posted on May 17, 2013May 17, 2013 Comments Off on Here’s a Neat Photo of The Who, Circa Mid-’60s Here's a neat vintage photograph of the Who -- John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey, and Pete Townshend -- circa Read More
Posted in Retrotisements A Gallery of Vintage Mother’s Day Ads, Vol. 2 Chris Holmes posted on May 8, 2013May 9, 2016 Comments Off on A Gallery of Vintage Mother’s Day Ads, Vol. 2 Another gallery of vintage Mother's Day ads to commemorate that special lady in our lives - Read More
Posted in Auction Finds, Games & Toys Vintage Toys: 1970s Star Trek Inter-Space Communicator Chris Holmes posted on May 2, 2013June 11, 2013 1 Comment Here's a gem of a Star Trek toy: A Star Trek Inter-Space Communicator produced by Lone Star in Read More
Posted in Auction Finds, Games & Toys Vintage Toys: James Bond 007 Thunderball Action Figure Chris Holmes posted on April 30, 2013June 11, 2013 Comments Off on Vintage Toys: James Bond 007 Thunderball Action Figure Here's a dashing action figure likeness of Sean Connery as James Bond from the 1965 film Read More
Posted in Blogstuff And Through the Wire — A Single-Topic Tumblr Chris Holmes posted on April 30, 2013June 18, 2013 Comments Off on And Through the Wire — A Single-Topic Tumblr In which I promote my new single-topic Tumblr feed for vintage news service wire photographs, And Through the Read More
Posted in Ephemera Ho Ho Ho! A Gallery of Vintage Santa & Christmas Postcards Chris Holmes posted on November 29, 2012November 23, 2012 Comments Off on Ho Ho Ho! A Gallery of Vintage Santa & Christmas Postcards Rather than looking at letters to Santa Claus, let's see some vintage postcards from Saint Nick. Read More